Ofgem would charge batteries £3,000 per MW to hold a queue place
A CUSC modification puts a price on staying in the connections queue, starting at £3,000 per MW and rising to £25,000. Consultation closes on 1 October.
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US retail diesel hits $6.29 a gallon, a record in nominal terms
Refining margins, not crude alone, are carrying the increase. EIA's breakdown shows where each dollar at the pump is going.
NSW firming tender finishes with 3GWh of batteries operating
Four projects, AU$1.8 billion, and roughly 8% of the state's summer peak - all of it batteries, none of it gas.
ACER faults Portugal's adequacy study over its assumptions
Europe's assessment finds no problem in Portugal. The national one finds a shortfall growing fiftyfold by 2035. ACER's opinion is about the modelling, not the lights.